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Cairo

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Cairo
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NR,1hr 41min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy,Musical,Action
Released:
August 17, 1942
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Reginald Owen  ...more
Synopsis: Written by real-life intelligence agent Ladislas Fodor, Cairo is both a spoof of espionage thrillers and a good-natured refutation of Jeanette MacDonald's established screen image (it was her last film on her MGM contract). MacDonald plays wisecracking movie star Marcia Warren, who while "between pictures" in London hires fellow American Homer Smith (Robert Young) as her butler. What Marcia doesn't know is that Smith is an American newspaperman, who strongly suspects that our heroine is a Nazi spy ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Cairo is enormously fortunate to have Jeanette MacDonald on hand. Without this bright star operating in top form, it would be a bit of trial to sit through all the muddled nonsense that passes for its screenplay. With MacDonald, who looks sensational, Cairo emerges as an entertaining bauble. Rarely has the singer been in better voice, and she's given ample opportunity to show that voice off to its ... Full Review
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Jeanette MacDonald
Marcia Warren
Robert Young
Homer Smith
Reginald Owen
Philo Cobson
Grant Mitchell
O.H.P. Boggs
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